I read this unit uses/discards 10 gallons of water for every 1 gallon made. Another site says it is 4 gallons per 1 gallon made. Are either true?
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I had 3 of these units and our water is not very hard, but it did output 10:1 on the waste.
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You use 5ml for every 10 gallons of water upon the setup and use it with every water change but only use it in the water you are changing for instance if you take out 10 gallons of water you add 5ml of it to the 10 clean gallons that you are putting in that's all you need and this bottle will last you quite a while if you have only one or two medium sized tanks. This is the proper way to use it as per the instructions that are on the bottle and I called them to be sure.
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One quart per 12 gallons or less, so even if you don't use the full 2 quarts you better get 'em. Hope this helps, would of responded sooner, but had a backlog of mail. Good luck!
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Yes,this unit produces 7.5 gals of hot water per minute. The size of your house makes no difference. It's the number of people and the amount of hot water you will need at any one time.
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If you mix it according to the instructions it only makes 8 gallons since it is only 2 oz. I use less than the instructions, about 1/4 the amount, it seems to work pretty good.
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I do not know how much it holds but would guess 2 gallons, maybe 2.5. But the key is to develop the habit among all users to replace in the top the approximate amount removed. We keep a pitcher convenient to do this. It only takes about 90 minutes for a gallon to percolate thru the filters, so you will never run out IF everyone replaces what they withdraw. (we have 2 filter unit) The filtering rate will slowly go down over time and they must be cleaned (easy to do.) I think you will enjoy the unit.
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They recommend a 3/4" size water line but you can make a 1/2" size work. It just won't remove a much water. There is a 2-1 ratio for water removal. 2 gallons out for 1 gallon in.
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I get very little waste water through my system..Just once in a while the holding tank will have a little overflow, but not too often. Overall this is a very efficient system..
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I don't know the answer to that. However, my toilets had the 3.5 gallons per flush tanks on them and I never measured the size of the drain from the tank to the bowl. I just installed the units and they worked fine since. The person answered about this question had to flush many times to get rid of everything, that's the first time I read any bad remarks about the unit.
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Directions say to use 1oz per gallon so my third grade math says for 4oz use 4 gallons of water.
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I roughly measured the tank, I think the 1.11 is probably closer. I filled the tank with a gallon, plus about a quarter of a quart (measured with a quart bottle that wasn't graduated). I didn't measure how much beyond that fits in the base, but it might make up the remaining 0.4 gallons. I disagree with S.Wagner-- the size of the filter is not nearly enough to displace 0.4 gallons.
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Tim... When I ordered mine, it also had a gallon version and that's what I bought was just 1 gallon. So I know they sell it in 1 gallon size orders.
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I have never actually measured the content but I'd say it's about two gallons. The time it takes to filter the water will easily let you make 3 to 5 gallons per day. I bought 6 five gallon water bottles and filled them. I cycle through this oldest first and always have 30 gallons of good water plus whatever is in the filter.
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These type of units often use 3 to 4 gal waste for each gal of pure water. Virtually all RO units become more efficient if you install a permeate pump. A permeate pump uses the waste water to overcome the back pressure of the pure water and cuts waste water by 50 to 80%. Hope this helps.
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Why would you want too?The filter at best will make 1 gallon of water in 14.4 minutes,that's when it's new.I've had mine for about 7 months, and the time too fill has increased by about 5 minutes per gallon .I use it just for my aquariums. but it still has under a 0.09 ppm,and I make 30 gallons a week.When it reads over 0.25 I'll buy a new one.My guess is that it will last about a year,that will be just under 1600 gallons of filtered water.one more thing this unit has a 2 too 1 ratio,for every 1 gallon of pure water you dump 2 gallons.There are better filters with a 1 too 1 ratio.Also with more gph if you are looking for one under the sink you will want a much faster and more gph no less then 250 gph.Good luck hope this helps.
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Im not exactly sure how many it makes per day but I have a family of 6 using it all the time and we don't run out of filtered water ! Hope this helps!
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This particular filter is 10,000 gallons but how do you know when you use 10,000 gallons, right? I use it mainly in my composting so I think it should last me quite a while. Also, if you get this one, and have to take it off your hose, lets say, to wash your car, keep the end with no filter pointing up as the charcoal will spill out. I hope at least some of this info is beneficial.